The scheduled return of the trash to Hong Kong will take place three days after the government returned 69 containers of trash to Canada last Friday. Hong Kong will shoulder the re-exportation cost. Another SITC ship, SITC Fujian, was used in transporting the garbage from Hong Kong to the MICT in February. He said their counterpart in Hong Kong referred him to their Environmental Protection Department, which coordinated with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). Simon said the Philippines and Hong Kong are signatories to the Basel Convention, an international treaty aimed to reduce the movement of hazardous waste between countries.

Source: Philippine Star June 01, 2019 16:00 UTC